The Thompson Rivers University WolfPack women's volleyball team have ended the pre-Christmas portion of their Canada West season with a sweep.
After taking the University of Regina Cougars 3-0 before 1300 fans at the Tournament Capital Centre on Friday (Nov 15), the Pack came back and beat the Cougars again in three straight. The scores were 25-14, 25-19, 25-11.The WolfPack move to 7-1 on the year while the Cougars are 1-7

Thompson Rivers was led by Kendra Finch (5^th year,outside hitter, North Vancouver, BC)  with 10 kills in 27 chances, 14 digs and four service aces.

Regina's main offensive weapons were  Diana Lumbala (5^th year, outside hitter, Moose Jaw, SK) and Emma Matheson( 4^th year, middle, Saskatoon, SK)  with six kills in 31 attempts and 15 attempts respectively.

SYNOPSIS:

The Cougars outblocked the WolfPack 2-1 in the first set but it was Thompson Rivers who won it thanks to a pair of kills from both Finch and Erin Mutch (2^nd year, outside hitter, Victoria, BC).
In the second set, TRU led from wire to wire although Regina did cut the margin of their lead to a pair at times. Britt Davis (4^th year, outside hitter, Sherwood Park, AB) had a pair of kills for Regina.
  Finch had four kills for the WolfPack while Kseniya Kocyigit (1^st year, middle, Byaroza, Belarus) and Olga Savenchuk (2^nd year, outside hitter, Donetsk, Ukraine) had two kills a piece.
Regina jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the third set before the WolfPack responded thanks in part to a long service run. She started serving with TRU leading 16-11 until the end of the match during which time she had three service aces. The match ended on a kill from Savenchuk.

Mutch wound up with seven kills in 18 chances.  Anastasiia Muzyka (3^rd year, setter, Poltawa, Ukraine) had 20 assists, four digs and two block assists.

Katie Ludvig (3^rd year, libero, Kamloops, BC) was named "The Den"  Leader of the Pack player of the match with 11 digs .

Elizabeth Tooth (3^rd year, setter, Winnipeg, MB) had 14 assists, a service ace, and five digs for Regina.
 
HIGHLIGHTS:
https://youtu.be/m3-bK7nywb4


THEY SAID IT!

WolfPack head coach Chad Grimm (6^th season):
https://twitter.com/GoTRUWolfPack/status/1195833211349155840 
 
 
Cougars head coach Melanie Sanford:
https://twitter.com/GoTRUWolfPack/status/1195832735371128832 
 
WolfPack libero Katie Ludvig (3^rd year, Kamloops, BC)
https://twitter.com/GoTRUWolfPack/status/1195832705490907136  
 
NEXT UP: 

The WolfPack will take their show on the road next weekend as they will visit the Thunderbirds at UBC in Vancouver (Nov 22-23).   The Cougars return home to entertain the University of Calgary Dinos.
The matches will be shown on a pay-per view basis on Canada West TV presented by Co-op.  You can access them by accessing: https://cw.yaretv.com/.  
Results will be available on the WolfPack social media platforms and their website  www.goWolfPack.ca.